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Understanding the causes for bone
loss
and fracture
- Getting not enough calcium
- Getting not enough sunshine
- Lack of exercise
- Confinement to bed, aging or
sick
- Too much smoking or drinking
- Deterioration of vision and hearing
- Slow motion, easy to fall
- Secondary osteoporosis due to
some diseases and conditions:
- diseases
- Endocrine diseases
- Malabsorption syndromes
- Liver diseases
- Kidney diseases
- Immobilization or paralysis
- Imflammatory disorders
- Neoplastic disorders
of bone marrow
- Drug therapy
- Steroids
- Thyroid hormones
- Phenytoin and barbiturate
anticonvulsants
- Methotrexate
- Cyclosporine A
- Gonadotropin Releasing
Hormone Analogues
- Heparin
- Cholestyramine
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Sources of information:
National Osteoporosis Foundation |
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